Thursday 15 August Another day out with Richard from Cotswolds Guided Tours, this time on their "Famous Cotswolds Tour" that takes in some of the better known localities. We started with Lower Slaughter (from Old English, meaning muddy place) which is probably our pick for the most picturesque village we saw over the three days in the Cotswolds. A Water Mill which is now a very busy little gift shop is the only retail outlet. The cottages with typical Englis...

Wednesday 14 August An early healthy muesli breakfast at Art Cafe just after 7.00am so we had the first floor dining room to ourselves. Then the rain started. Easy at first so we got back to the hotel OK. By the time we wheeled back to the train station it was really coming down. The machine issued our pre-purchased tickets and we wait for the 9.23am to Hereford. Our seats were in carriage A but what we didn't realise was that there were 11 carriages In th...